Morningbrain again

 

Morningbrain is a thing I continue to have more often than I would like.  I can only wonder what it would be like to sleep through the night and awake refreshed.  It seems this is not something that will be my lot, though. 

So, type I must, or simply lie in bed listening to those voices in my head bring up idea after idea about which to write.  But do I write?  No, not all that often.  And when I do get up and give writing a try, often those oh-so-important ideas are found to have vanished.  Good grief, Charlie Brown!

I wonder if there is some medical help that may be available here.  I don’t really want to take anything, though.  Alcohol was my crutch for many years—too many years—and it changed from a reliever to an addiction.  Not something I would wish on anyone other than an occasional “worse enemy.” 

If you have found yourself in a similar rut, two things I might recommend are melatonin and valerian root.  Both come in tablet form and both seem to work, when I remember them.  Melatonin comes in a soluble form, meant to be placed under the tongue, and may be just what I need.  Unfortunately, the last time I bought a bottle of this, I thought I was buying the 5 mg. tablets I had used before.  Not so lucky—got tablets, not the kind that would be usable under the tongue, though. 

The valerian works fine if I take three or four tablets before going to bed.  Don’t know if it comes in an under the tongue variety like the melatonin, though. 

Guess another trip to Walmart is in order. 

Don’t you just love Wally world?